UNSPSC 50305872: Roysum plums

The variety of plums known as roysum plums

UNSPSC 50305872 Roysum plums, a Commodity code, sees steady procurement activity among state and local institutional food-service operators buying fresh produce for detention, correctional, mental health, school nutrition, and senior services programs. State and local governments use this code to solicit individual fresh-fruit and fresh-vegetable line items — often plums specifically, but more broadly any single produce commodity — as part of broader food-supply contracts or narrow single-item procurements. Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ), Illinois Department of Corrections, and school districts across Georgia, Mississippi, and Wisconsin dominate recent solicitation volume; most opportunities bundle produce into larger food-service RFPs, RFBs, or small-purchase notices rather than issuing plum-only solicitations. When individual commodities do appear as standalone line items, they are typically one of 40–200 produce SKUs in multi-week, multi-location delivery contracts. State institutional buyers (corrections, mental health) and county and independent school districts (for child nutrition programs) represent the primary issuing bodies. A small number of regional health coalitions and municipal senior-services divisions also procure fresh produce under this code.

Recent activity concentrates in Texas, Georgia, Illinois, Wisconsin, Mississippi, Connecticut, and Florida, with school-district nutrition programs accounting for the largest share of visible opportunities. Representative recent solicitations include TDCJ's fresh-fruit-and-vegetable supply request for Palestine (IFB IW267376, due October 19, 2026) and Snyder and Wynne food warehouses (ITB IW267420 and IW267411, both due October 14, 2026); Illinois Department of Mental Health's fresh-fruit-and-vegetable contract for Madden Mental Health Center (small purchase 27444DHSMENTHB53608, due August 14, 2026); Illinois Department of Corrections' fresh-produce RFQ for Joliet Treatment Center (27426DOCJOLIEB53849, due September 3, 2026); Madison Metropolitan School District's petite-banana RFB (RFB 4162, $78,000 estimated annual value, due July 29, 2026); and multiple Georgia school districts (Bryan County, Dougherty County, Early County, Bartow County, Hancock County) issuing sealed bids or RFPs for comprehensive fresh-produce supply during the 2026–2027 school year (bid-opening windows May through June 2026, contract terms July 2026 through June 2027). Most procurements specify bi-weekly or weekly deliveries with 97–98 percent fill-rate guarantees, HACCP or USDA compliance, Buy American domestic-content requirements where applicable, and insurance minimums of $500,000 to $1 million general liability. School districts frequently apply local-vendor geographic preferences (within 400 miles) or local-business scoring weights. No specific set-asides appear consistently across the sample, though diverse-owned business status receives evaluation points in several school-district opportunities.